On Saturday Jan 8th, RB Leipzig will host Mainz 05 at Red Bull Arena in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 10th placed RB Leipzig is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Arminia Bielefeld. Janni Serra scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 57th minute, then Masaya Okugawa added another in the 75th minute on a feed from Florian Krüger At the end of 90 a dissapointed RB Leipzig couldn’t manage to score, and Arminia Bielefeld took the shutout win. RB Leipzig is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Mainz 05, recorded a 0-1 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Jesper Lindstrom struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 35th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Mainz 05 couldn’t muster any offence and Eintracht Frankfurt ran away with the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Mainz 05 was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Moussa Niakhaté scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 13th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed RB Leipzig couldn’t manage to score, and Mainz 05 took the shutout win.
Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Alexander Hack, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. RB Leipzig’s most prolific scorer has been André Silva. He has netted three goals over the last five matches
Domenico Tedesco’s squad will be without Marcel Halstenberg, Konrad Laimer, Yussuf Poulsen and Daniel Olmo, while Dominik Kohr, Ádám Szalai and Jeremiah St. Juste are unavailable to play for Bo Svensson’s team.